88 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



During his residence in London he painted the 

 portraits of two celebrated pugiHsts, viz., " Mr. 

 John Jackson," for Sir Henry Smith, Bart., which 

 was engraved by C. Turner, size of plate, 2 2f inches 

 by i7|- inches — and portrait of Thomas Belcher, 

 which was also engraved by C. Turner, plate 21^ 

 inches by 18 inches, from the original picture in 

 possession of John Harrison, Esq. 



After twenty years' residence in London Mar- 

 shall moved to Newmarket ; not, it would appear, 

 without qualms as to the wisdom of the step, and 

 not without an eye to the vogue in art to which 

 reference was made on a previous page. He is 

 said to have remarked to Abraham Cooper, who as 

 a young man was constantly in his studio, that it 

 was folly to leave London, where he was esteemed 

 as portrait painter, to " bury himself at New- 

 market" and paint horse pictures, adding, "Stop, 

 stop, though ! I have a good reason for so doing. 

 I discover many a man who will give me fifty 

 guineas for painting his horse who thinks ten 

 guineas too much to pay for painting his wife." 



That his decision to make a new home at the 

 headquarters of the turf was fully justified is proved 

 by his subsequent success. Ere long he counted 

 among his patrons George HL and George IV., 

 Earl St. Vincent, Lords Darlington, Scarborough 

 and Sondes, Messrs. Hy. Villebois, Thornhill and 

 Fulmar Craven. 



